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 Arctic Ocean
Luftwaffe aircraft unsuccessfully attack Allied convoy JW 55B
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Russian Front
German XLVIII Panzer Korps discontinues attacks in the Meleni sector
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 379 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Berlin
RAF Bomber Command sends 28 aircraft to attack Aachen, Duisburg, and Leipzig overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Netherlands
US 8th Air Force fighters attack Gilze
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
France
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Ramrod operations against V-weapons sites
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
US 15th Air Force attacks transportation lines in southern France
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
RN destroyer Worcester heavily damaged by mine and written off
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
English Channel
Kriegsmarine 5th S-Boat Flotilla unsuccessfully attacks British coastal convoy
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Italy
British 8th Army captures Arielli while battle of Ortona continues
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
US 15th Air Force attacks transportation lines in northern Italy
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
Free French submarine Protee sunk by mine off Marseille
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
German vessel Balkan sunk by RN submarine Sportsman
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Algeria
Having escaped from Riom prison, General de Lattre de Tassigny arrives Algiers to take command of French 1st Army
First Army (French)
General Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny
Marshall Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Mille Atoll
Operations in the Marshall Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
US 7th Air Force attacks Kwajalein Atoll with 19 bombers
Operations in the Marshall Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
US 13th Air Force and AirSols aircraft attack various targets in the northern Solomons
Northern Solomons campaign, October 1943 - August 1945
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Wewak and other targets
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
Bismarck Archipelago
US 13th Air Force and AirSols aircraft attack Rabaul on New Britain
Air siege of Rabaul
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Rabaul on New Britain
Air siege of Rabaul
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
US 5th Air Force attacks Cape Gloucester on New Britain with 61 aircraft
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
South China Sea
IJN gunboat Nanyo sunk by US 14th Air Force aircraft
Naval operations in East Asian waters
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
China
US 14th Air Force attacks Canton and Huang Shan Kua
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Thailand
US 10th Air Force attacks Bangkok overnight with 19 bombers
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Indian Ocean
British vessel Peshawar sunk by IJN submarine Ro-111
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources,
especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.Entries on file for this date: 25
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 2013
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Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War
Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.
Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
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